How to Use cloche in a Sentence

cloche

noun
  • Bricks, rocks, and other heavy items also work to weigh cloches down.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Clear glass cloches are an easy way to swap out your decor from season to season.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Suspend them beneath a glass cloche on the bottom shelf of the bar cart.
    — Lacey Howard and Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Suspend them beneath a glass cloche on the bottom shelf of the bar cart.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Salmon tartare is smoked to order and arrives under a cloche.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The homebody will geek out if given a unique match cloche and plushy slippers.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The laces are strung with a decorative cloche-clé.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Turn a cloche upside down and place the wheat inside, then top with base and invert.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The goal is to have the soil fully cleared so that cloches sit directly on the ground.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • To easily fill, hold the cloche or bell jar upside down and fill with pumpkins.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 21 June 2023
  • Make sure there is good ventilation and the soil below the cloche does not dry out.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Think old skateboard wheels under an oversized cloche on a wooden stand.
    — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Place a cloche over the plant to isolate the flowers and then hand-pollinate the plant.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Before installing a cloche, clear the soil so the cloche sits directly on the ground.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • If the soil feels dry, remove the cloche, water your plants as needed, and then put the cloche back in place.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Covering cilantro with cloches and adding mulch around your plants protects them from chilly weather.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • If your cloche didn’t come with anchoring pins, use landscape staples or old tent stakes to hold them in place.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In the 1920s, the trend was to pin brooches on the era's popular cloche hats.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 14 May 2021
  • Move them indoors or cover with floating row covers or cloches when frost is in the forecast.
    — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • Include a glass cloche or vase to add elegance to the rustic tablescape.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Include a glass cloche or vase to add elegance to the rustic tablescape.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Grab a couple of glass cloches—their size and number depends on the size and shape of your dining table.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2023
  • If extreme cold hits and your plants die under their cloches, remove and clean the cloches, and store them until spring.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The drink gets placed under a glass cloche while the bartender lights a small tinder pile of applewood chips.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022
  • The hat, an expensive wool cloche that wound up costing me forty dollars per wear, has been removed.
    — Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • For an easier alternative, use a cloche or large glass bowl.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Twentysomething women on café terraces wore mismatched fur coats and stoles, cloche hats.
    — Tara Isabella Burton, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Lawrence kept the rest of her look lowkey in an off-white cloche, oatmeal scarf, billowing black trousers, and black ballet flats.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Rose gold flatware and fairy light cloches add shimmer while the lush, faux-berry garland adds movement and texture.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
  • Sturdy cloches can keep slugs, snails, and many other pests from feeding on veggies, herbs, and flowers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025

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